Capacitive Voltage Divider

Consider the two capacitors, C1 and C2 connected in series across an alternating supply of 10 volts. As the two capacitors are in series, the charge Q on them is the same, but the voltage across them will be different and related to their capacitance values, as V = Q/C.
Voltage divider circuits may be constructed from reactive components just as easily as they may be constructed from resistors as they both follow the voltage divider rule. Take this capacitive voltage divider circuit, for instance.
The voltage across each capacitor can be calculated in a number of ways. One such way is to find the capacitive reactance value of each capacitor, the total circuit impedance, the circuit current and then use them to calculate the voltage drop.

Capacitive Voltage Divider

Consider the two capacitors, C1 and C2 connected in series across an alternating supply of 10 volts. As the two capacitors are in series, the charge Q on them is the same, but the voltage across them will be different and related to their capacitance values, as V = Q/C.
Voltage divider circuits may be constructed from reactive components just as easily as they may be constructed from resistors as they both follow the voltage divider rule. Take this capacitive voltage divider circuit, for instance.
The voltage across each capacitor can be calculated in a number of ways. One such way is to find the capacitive reactance value of each capacitor, the total circuit impedance, the circuit current and then use them to calculate the voltage drop.